The previous blog mapped how extreme heat in India has evolved from sporadic crises to a growing policy priority, spurring Heat Action Plans (HAPs) and prompting the National Disaster Management...
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Cooling the Cloud: India’s Data Centre Sustainability Challenge
Festival greetings now reach millions of screens in an instant, but behind every image, video, and voice note, data is processed and routed through data centres before it reaches a phone. What most...
Changing Landscape of the “Rice Bowl of India”
Did you know that in Chhattisgarh, a single grain—paddy—dictates the economic fate and daily livelihoods of nearly 80% of the population? Today, agriculture remains the heartbeat of the state,...
From Heatwaves to Heat Action Plans: How Extreme Heat Entered the Policy Agenda
Rising temperatures, dense built-up areas, and changing climate patterns have elevated extreme heat from an occasional disaster situation into a force that strains how Indian cities function,...
Climate Exposure of India’s Real Estate: A New Risk Horizon
India’s real estate sector, which accounts for 13% of its gross domestic product (GDP), is projected to reach USD 1 trillion by 2030 (IBEF, 2025), underscoring the sector's growing economic...
Climate Risks and Agriculture-Finance Schemes: Assessing India’s Readiness for the Future
Rice is a dietary staple for more than half of India’s population, serving as the backbone of food security and the livelihoods of millions of farmers. However, dependence on rainfed farming in a...
Decoding India’s EV Mineral Gap
India’s electric vehicle market is experiencing remarkable growth. In 2024, electric passenger vehicle sales reached approximately 35,000 units, representing a 87.7 per cent year-over-year growth...
Securing Minerals for Powering India’s Clean Energy Transition
The clean energy transition is driving unprecedented demand for critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earths. These materials power electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels,...
The Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T: A Road That Must Be Travelled
The Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T (2025), launched at the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement during its sixth session (CMA 6) of COP30,[1] envisages developing an actionable framework for...